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Novosobornaya Square: Park and Monuments

Architectural Monuments • Other places

Novosobornaya Square is the center of Tomsk’s life and a favorite vacation spot for citizens. The square resembles a small park where it is pleasant to walk at any time of the year. Once there was a huge cathedral here, similar to the Moscow Cathedral of Christ the Savior. The cathedral was built for 50 years, it was consecrated at the beginning of the twentieth century, but in 30 years it was dismantled. Now only a memorable stone reminds of it.

Novosobornaya Square is surrounded by buildings of several Tomsk universities. A monument to Saint Tatiana, the patroness of students, stands in the center of the Novosobornaya Square. Behind the figure of Tatiana is a column crowned with an open book and two children. On January 25, Saint Tatiana’s Day, students «warm» their patroness — they put on a scarf, a hat and mittens on «Tatiana». Opposite the Siberian Medical University there is a monument to a young pregnant woman. One can clearly see the «baby». Those who dream about a child turn to the monument: they just need to tie a ribbon and ask for a child.One can also see on the square a Monument of Wooden Ruble of a giant size weighing 250 kg! It was installed here in 2008 and now they are intended to include the «ruble» in the Guinness Book of Records.The City Garden is separated from the Novosobornaya Square by the Trud Stadium. There is one faithful fan on its grandstand day and night, in rain and snow — a bronze fan. Its prototype was a real man, according to an old photograph of whom the sculptor created a monument.

Novosobornaya Square: Park and Monuments

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